City Hall through the end of the week guarded the price tag set by the Sweeney family and its partner for a full buyout of the development rights attached to the Treasure land, acknowledging the release could come shortly after a meeting between the sides scheduled on Monday.

The Sweeney side early this week delivered the price tag to City Hall. Park City officials have indicated the number would be made public, but it remains uncertain when it will be released.

Mayor Dana Williams, one of City Hall’s negotiators, said in an interview Thursday night a schedule for the release has not been finalized. He said the negotiating teams representing Treasure and City Hall plan to gather Monday morning to discuss the price tag. The mayor said the Monday meeting will be the first opportunity for the sides to discuss the figure together.

“The developer needs to hear from us what the Council and mayor’s opinion of the price was, before that is made public,” Williams said.

The Sweeney family late on Monday hand-delivered to City Hall its price tag on a complete buyout of the development rights attached to the Treasure acreage, one of the most significant occurrences in the long-running discussions about the project.

The Sweeney side closely guarded its number. Mike Sweeney, who represents his family in the talks with City Hall, declined to discuss details about the document that was submitted on Monday. He said he left it for City Manager Tom Bakaly. The number was crafted between the family and its New York-based business partner.

It was not clear on Tuesday what will unfold the rest of the week. Jonathan Weidenhamer, who directs City Hall’s economic development programs and has been involved in the Treasure negotiations, said a procedure for releasing the number to the public had not been decided. He said a press release could be issued announcing the figure, but a timeline has not been set.

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Two sides in the long-running talks about the Treasure development are well known to Parkites: City Hall and the Sweeneys, a family with deep ties to the community.

There is a third side, though, that only people who have followed the discussions very closely would even be aware exists. The Sweeney family has occasionally mentioned that it has a partner in the development, but it has been the Sweeneys, not the other party, who have been leading the efforts in front of the public since 2004.

As the talks about the prospects of a taxpayer-funded conservation agreement for the Treasure land near a red-letter date, details are emerging about the Sweeney family’s partner in the project.

The partner is a firm known as Park City II, LLC, with an address in New York City’s trendy Tribeca neighborhood. The manager of the firm is a woman named Elizabeth Rad, according to records filed with the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code.

City Hall and the Sweeney family on Thursday night agreed to extend the long-running discussions about a Treasure conservation deal until at least mid-March, giving the sides another three-plus months to attempt to craft an agreement.

The Park City Council unanimously approved an extension until March 19. There is the possibility of another extension at that point. Negotiating teams from City Hall and the family have thus far been unable to finalize a deal that could be brought to voters.

The two sides by March 19 want to agree to pursue one of the two conservation deals that are under consideration, effectively making that option the preferred alternative.

One of the two calls for City Hall to preserve the Treasure land in its entirety by purchasing the family’s development rights at the site outright. The other would reduce the scope of the Treasure project by 50 percent, perhaps through a combination of shifting part of the development rights elsewhere and City Hall buying some of the other rights in a conservation deal. The project would be redesigned under that option.

Park City officials do not intend to make public a mid-2010 appraisal of the Sweeney family’s Treasure parcel conducted on behalf of City Hall, a document of great importance in the long-running talks about a conservation deal.

The document would provide at least one baseline for rank-and-file Parkites to consider as city leaders and the Sweeney family prepare for what is likely a final round of discussions centered on whether a deal for the land can be reached.

The appraisal is dated July 15, 2010 and was conducted by Chris Donaldson, a certified general appraiser in the local office of Cushman & Wakefield Inc. He was a 23-year veteran of the appraisal industry at the time it was conducted. Both Donaldson and City Hall officials declined to discuss the appraisal’s figures at that time.

To stop a 1 million square-foot development, how much are Park City taxpayers willing to pay the Sweeney brothers Ed, Mike and Pat, for 124 acres of land abutting the historic district?

The answer to that question is eagerly awaited by Old Town residents who say the Treasure Hill proposal is too big for the neighborhood, and would create traffic and public safety hazards, among other problems. The price tag is expected to be announced at a Dec. 15 City Council meeting.

A recent appraisal put the value of the land at $48 million. Some observers say that could be well shy of what the Sweeney brothers believe the project is worth.

Ed Sweeney said Friday he could not comment on whether $48 million is enough. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” he said.

He was referring to a vote the City Council will make this week to extend a “letter of intent” from the municipality to the Sweeneys. The measure that officially continues negotiations is expected to pass easily and will ask the Sweeneys to provide a selling price.